Serie A Gameweek 36 Sun, May 16 · 17:30 MAPEI Stadium – Città del Tricolore, Reggio Emilia
Get full prediction oneScoredOdds · Value · Detailed stats →
Our take

No forecast yet.

Forecasts are published up to 21 days before kick-off.

Away travel157 kmRest days7 · 7Matches / 14d2 · 2
Real contextStrength only
Sassuolo—%
Draw—%
Venezia—%
Expected goals — – — No forecast for this match yet. Forecasts are published up to 21 days ahead.
Weather (Reggio Emilia)

Forecast from 1 May

Referee—Not appointed yet

Key insights

Automatic descriptive highlights for Sassuolo and Venezia. These describe recorded performance and do not change the match forecast. Each metric is ordered within its own type; types alternate to keep the selection varied. Up to six distinct signals per category, with at most three per team.

Result statistics require at least five known completed matches. They use the last ten recorded results across all competitions, or the last eight away results. Future, special and invalid results are excluded; missing results can interrupt real-world sequences, so streaks refer to recorded results. 10+ means at least ten within the window.

Bars run oldest to newest. Height shows goals scored, or goals conceded in conceding cards, on the same 0–6 scale. Six or more goals use maximum height; zero retains a small marker. Colour shows the result: teal = win, amber = draw, red = loss. In event and streak cards, solid bars mark the event and faded bars mark its absence. Hover for the date, full score and event. xG and points cards compare their two inputs, not a fabricated history.

xG Difference uses the observed pre-match Playing style averages already shown for this fixture. Window size is not xG coverage, and the two averages can have different denominators. Result statistics use completed matches recorded up to now; their window can differ from the Playing style profile. Season points and xPts are not included here.

Headlines insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Attack insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Defence insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Streaks insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Team strength

SassuoloVenezia
— L90 StrengthIn forecast —
32 Current StrengthIn forecast 15
41 AttackIn forecast 21
32 DefenceIn forecast 14
32 Form indexContext 19
In forecastContext

L90 Strength, Attack and Defence come from the same Elo rating and attack and defence ratings the forecast uses. Form index is explained in Recent performance.

Match Opportunity

Full analysis

Sassuolo

Attack—
Defense risk—

Venezia

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

SassuoloVenezia
1.71 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 0.86
2.00 Goals concededVia Att/Def 2.29
1.55 xGVia Att/Def 1.43
1.31 xG allowedVia Att/Def 2.38
+0.16 Goals minus xGContext -0.57
100% Scored inContext 57%
0% Clean sheetsContext 14%
15.86 ShotsContext 14.14
6.43 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 4.43
41% On target shareContext 31%
9.57 Shots in the boxContext 9.29
60% Box shareContext 69%
11% ConversionContext 6%
2.17 OffsidesContext 2.83
15.71 Shots allowedContext 17.29
6.57 On target allowedVia Att/Def 7.14
4.43 BlocksContext 4.14
4.57 Goalkeeper savesContext 5.50
70% Save rateContext 69%
48% PossessionIn forecast 54%
446 PassesContext 470
387 Accurate passesContext 400
87% Pass accuracyContext 85%
6.80 Team ratingContext 6.75
9.71 FoulsContext 9.86
11.43 Fouls sufferedContext 10.29
1.29 Yellow cardsContext 2.86
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.00
This league season, per match · 7 and 7 games
1.50 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.00
2.00 Goals concededVia Att/Def 2.30
1.57 xGVia Att/Def 1.33
1.37 xG allowedVia Att/Def 2.08
-0.07 Goals minus xGContext -0.33
90% Scored inContext 60%
0% Clean sheetsContext 10%
14.30 ShotsContext 13.00
5.80 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 4.10
41% On target shareContext 32%
9.00 Shots in the boxContext 8.60
62% Box shareContext 69%
11% ConversionContext 8%
2.00 OffsidesContext 2.38
15.20 Shots allowedContext 17.10
5.70 On target allowedVia Att/Def 6.50
3.80 BlocksContext 4.50
3.80 Goalkeeper savesContext 4.56
67% Save rateContext 65%
51% PossessionIn forecast 51%
458 PassesContext 438
397 Accurate passesContext 367
87% Pass accuracyContext 84%
6.79 Team ratingContext 6.76
9.80 FoulsContext 10.90
11.50 Fouls sufferedContext 11.40
1.40 Yellow cardsContext 2.30
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.00
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 10 and 10 games
In forecastVia Att/DefContext

In forecast: possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Via Att/Def: goals, xG and shots on target feed the attack and defence ratings. Context: describes the style, no correction of its own.

Recent performance last 5 · schedule

Sassuolo
Rest7 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d2all competitions
Travel0 km694 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
Form 32 · 5 pts vs 7.2 for an average club · -1.1 vs expected
  • L16 OctA · Frosinone2–41.3 xPts
  • D11 OctH · AC Milan1–11.2 xPts
  • L18 SepA · Monza1–21.6 xPts
  • W13 SepH · Juventus3–21.1 xPts
  • D6 SepA · Bologna2–20.9 xPts
Venezia
Rest7 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d2all competitions
Travel157 km478 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
Form 19 · 3 pts vs 7.1 for an average club · -0.7 vs expected
  • W17 OctH · Napoli1–00.6 xPts
  • L12 OctA · Atalanta1–30.5 xPts
  • L19 SepH · Lazio0–20.6 xPts
  • L11 SepH · Fiorentina2–41.2 xPts
  • L6 SepA · Frosinone2–30.9 xPts

Expected points come from each pre-match EloLambda forecast (3 × win chance + draw chance). Explains recent results; in our tests recent form did not add predictive value on top of the model. Rest, travel and schedule load are context; only High Congestion (4+ matches in 14 days) changes the forecast. Full schedule below.

Full schedule & recovery
Sassuolo Venezia
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 0Low · 0
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match7Serie A 2026-2027, 9 May7Serie A 2026-2027, 9 May
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km157 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways694 km478 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days1 / 2 / 41 / 2 / 4
Next matchdays after this one77

All competitions synced from eScored, including cups and Europe. Distances are straight-line between stadium cities. Only High Congestion changes the forecast; the other rows are context.

Squad & lineups

Sassuolo Last XI · not confirmed
4-2-3-1 · vs Frosinone (A) 2–4, 16 Oct
49A. Murić(G)
3J. Doig 15D. Ćaleta-Car 26C. Odenthal 20I. Van der Brempt
50D. Bakola 18N. Matić
45A. Laurienté 42K. Thorstvedt 10D. Berardi
94S. Esposito
Venezia Last XI · not confirmed
3-5-2 · vs Napoli (H) 1–0, 17 Oct
1F. Stanković(G)
15Juan Jesus 2M. Moreno 25R. Halhal
5R. Haps 26T. Bašić 19S. Sohm 71Kike Pérez 18A. Hainaut
45A. Adams 10J. Yeboah

Last XI is the club's most recent recorded starting lineup, Confirmed XI is the official lineup for this match. We do not publish a predicted lineup. Players in red are reported missing for this match.

Key absences
Sassuolo Squad list arrives with the next forecast refresh
Venezia Squad list arrives with the next forecast refresh
Total impact vs full squads —

Home / Away this season

Sassuolo · Home 2.33points per game · 3 home games
W-D-L
2-1-0
Scored
2.00
Conceded
1.33
Venezia · Away 0.00points per game · 3 away games
W-D-L
0-0-3
Scored
1.00
Conceded
2.67

Actual results only, not forecast λ. Samples this early in the season are small, so these numbers are not used as a forecast correction.

Common opponents 3 this season

League games this season against teams both sides have played. A small, uneven sample: context only.

Head to head last 2 of 2 meetings

2 Sassuolo wins0 draws0 Venezia wins
Goals per game3.50 – 1.00 Over 2.5100% Both scored100% Clean sheets0% · 0%
  • 6 Mar 2022Venezia1–4Sassuolo
  • 23 Oct 2021Sassuolo3–1Venezia

All competitions, finished games before this kick-off. Shown as history: in our tests head-to-head added almost nothing on top of the model.

Goal timing

Sassuolo7 games · scored 12 · conceded 14
1 2 0-15
1 2 16-30
2 1 31-45
2 3 46-60
2 3 61-75
4 3 76-90
Venezia7 games · scored 6 · conceded 16
2 0-15
1 4 16-30
1 1 31-45
1 3 46-60
2 2 61-75
1 4 76-90
Sassuolo10 games · scored 15 · conceded 20
1 3 0-15
2 3 16-30
2 1 31-45
3 3 46-60
2 5 61-75
5 5 76-90
Venezia10 games · scored 10 · conceded 23
1 3 0-15
1 5 16-30
1 3 31-45
3 3 46-60
3 4 61-75
1 5 76-90

scored conceded, by 15-minute band (stoppage time counts to the band before it). Only games with a complete goal log.

Scenario lab Soon

Real contextLOAD90 forecast: EloLambda plus playing style (possession) and High Congestion.
Pure EloLambdaControl forecast without the LOAD90 factors, as on eScored.
Strength onlyElo and home edge only.
Full squadsBoth teams with every player available.
Neutral venueRemove home advantage.